Curling iron



Oct. 11 1927. WALKER 4 CURLING' IRON Filed April 1926 Patented Oct. 11, 1927.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM H. WALKER, OF BLUE ISLAND,

ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO MACKIE-LOVEJ'OY MANUFACTURING (30., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CUR-LING- IRON.

Application filed April 2, 1926. Serial No. 99,254.

invention relates to improvements in curling irons.

One of the ob'ects of the invention is to provide a curling iron having improved means for detachably securing the clamping member to the curling member within which the heating element is contained 7 Another object is to provile improved means for anchoring the conducting wires in the handle to prevent a pulling force applied to said wires from being transmitted to the heating element. thereby preventing accidental impairment of the iron through breakage of the said element.

Other objects relate to various features of construction and arrangement of parts which will become apparent from a consideration of the following specification and accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan view, partly in section, showing my improvements.

Fig. 2 is a detailed top plan view of the sleeve member.

Fig. 3 is an end view thereof, and

Fig. 4 is a detail View of the wire anchoring or retaining means.

In the drawings 10 is a handle to which is suitably secured the curling member 11, Within which is a suitably insulated heating element, the rear ends 12, 12, of which only are shown, said heating element being connected to current carrying wires 13, 13, which pass through the central opening 14 in handle 10. The damping member 15 is pivoted at 16 to the sleeve 17, shown in detail in Figs. 2 and 3. The sleeve 17 is formed of a piece of sheet metal rolled into the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and having a diameter which permits the same to be slid onto the member 11 to the position shown in Fig. 1. The rear portions of the edges of member 17 are somewhat curved and spaced apart, as shown, and communicate with a substantially circular opening 18. WVhen the sleeve 17 is slid onto the member 11, the spaced apart edges 17 frictionally contact with and serve as guides for the outwardly pressed projection 19 of the member 11. Further onward movement of the sleeve 17 will permit the projection 19 to snap into the opening 18, whereby the sleeve is removably held in position on the member 11. The forward edges 17 of member 17 are brought substantially into contact, as shown in Fig. 2, and form a bearing surface for the spring 20 which tends to maintain the clamping member 15 in the position shown in Fig. 1. The spring 20 may have an inter mediate loop portion 21 to provide sufficient resilience, while its upper end is secured in downwardly depressed rectangular socket 22 formed integrally with the member 15. A rivet 23 passes between the ends of the spring 20 and secures the thumb piece 24 111 position.

The forward portion of the sleeve 17 terminates in a pair of upwardly extending ears or flanges 25 through which the pivot l6'passes for securing the member 15 thereto. It will be seen that when thumb piece 24 is pressed toward the handle 10 and then released, the spring 20, which bears against the sleeve 17, will return it to the position shown in Fig. 1. It will also be seen that the member 15 and sleeve 17 can readily be moved laterally from the position shown in Fig. 1, by exerting enough pressure to overcome the frictional contact of the edges 17" with the projection 19. This construction afiords very convenient means for assembling the two parts of the curling iron.

As stated above, the member 11 is secured in handle 10 by any approved means, such as by being driven therein to provide sufiicient frictional contact between the two members, for instance. A ferrule 11 reinforces the end of the handle and prevents splitting. The central opening 14 in handle 10 is reduced to a somewhat smaller diameter in the rear portion of the handle, as shown in Fig. 1, thereby providing a shoulder 14.

To prevent the separation of the wires 13 from the heating element 12, or breaking of the heating element when the wires 13 are pulled, an anchoring device 26 is provided. This device comprises a flat member which may be of fiber having on opposite sides the staggered openings 27. Before the handle 10 is moved up into the position shown in Fig. 1, the twisted wires 13 are spread apart sufliciently to insert the anchoring member 26 therebetween, one of each of said wires 13 being passed through one of the openings 27. The member 26 engages the shoulder 14 and the wires 13 and thereby firmly anchors the wires in the opening 14 against forces tending to pull the Wires from the handle. By this construction, impairment of applicants iron by jerking the Wires or suspending the iron by the wires is prevented, as will be seen.

Although I have shown certain features of my invention for the purposes of illustration, it will be apparent that various changes may be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention, and I. do not wish to be restricted to the embodiments herein shown and described except where limitations thereto appear in the appended claims.

What I claim new is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a handle, a curling member secured thereto, a sleeve slidable on said member, said member and sleeve being shaped to provide interlocking portions adapted to retain said sleeve and member in operative position, said sleeve being provided at one end with a pair of ears, a clamping member pivoted to said ears, and a spring secured to said clamping member and having one end bearing against said sleeve adjacent said ears for moving said clamping member into engagement with said curling member.

2. A device of the class described comprising a handle, a curling member secured thereto and having an integral projection thereon, a sleeve slidable on said handle, said sleeve being formed with two resilient edges shaped intermediate their ends to spring over said projection and thus resist sliding movement in either direction, and a spring actuated clamping member pivoted to said sleeve.

3. A device of the class described comprising a handle, a curling member secured thereto and having an outwardly projecting portion adjacent said handle, a split sleeve slidable on said curling member and having portions of its free ends formed to resiliently engage said projecting portion of said curling member, said edges terminating in a seat for receiving said projecting portion when said sleeve is in operative position on said curling member, and a spring actuated clamping member pivoted to said sleeve.

4. A device of the class described comprising a handle, a curling member secured thereto, said member having an outwardly projecting portion adjacent said handle, a split sleeve slidable on said curling member and having oppositely recessed edges to snap into engagement with said projecting portion and having a pair of extensions thereon to which a spring actuated clamp is pivoted.

5. A device of the class described comprising a handle, a curling member secured thereto, a projecting member on said curling member, a substantially cylindrical sleeve formed of sheet metal slidable on said curling member and having its longitudinal edges shaped for snap engagement with said projecting member, and a spring actuated clamping member pivoted to said sleeve.

In testimony whereof, I have subscribed my name.

WILLIAM H. WVALKER. 

